ASSESSING THE STATE OF HOLOCAUST STUDIES IN THE MID-2020s

Conference

Pierre Boulez Saal - Mozart Auditorium

A limited number of tickets may become available at a later date.

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Pierre Boulez Saal - Mozart Auditorium

A limited number of tickets may become available at a later date.

In less than 50 years, Holocaust Studies has developed from a marginal field into a vibrant international discipline. With the passing of the last eyewitnesses in the coming years, a decisive transformation is now underway: contemporary history is becoming history. At the same time, the field faces new challenges—from politicized debates and attacks on scholarship to the reverberations of wars and conflict, which are prompting scholars worldwide to partially reassess the Holocaust in both its historical and contemporary dimensions. The workshop brings together leading international researchers at various career stages to assess the current state of Holocaust studies critically: What has been achieved? What remains unresolved? What new directions are emerging?

PROGRAM

Wednesday, June 10

Mozart Auditorium

9 am – 10.30 am

Rethinking Gender, Trauma, and Memory in Holocaust Studies

Chair: Thomas Pegelow Kaplan (Boulder/Berlin)

The Methodology of Masculinity: Gender, Testimony, and Memory of Male Holocaust Survivors

William Ross Jones (Los Angeles)

Holocaust Memory Sites: Re-locating and Re-thinking Places of Violence and Remembrance in Holocaust Studies

Svetlana Burmistr (Berlin)

Sound Art, Ensounding Trauma: Hearing Holocaust Representation in Musical Testimonies

Abby Anderton (New York)

Break

11 am – 12.30 pm

Aftermath Studies Re-envisioned: Holocaust Memory in Museums

Chair: Sharon Kangisser Cohen (Jerusalem)

Nazi Material Culture and Holocaust Museums in the 20th and 21st Centuries

AJ Solovy (Poughkeepsie)

Preservation and Documentation: Untangling the Multidimensional Roles of Museums

Cristina Teodora Stoica (Washington, D.C.)

Do We Need to Decolonize Holocaust Museums?

Erica Lehrer (Montréal)

Break

1.30 pm – 3 pm

The Future of Holocaust Remembrance

Chair: Elizabeth Anthony (Washington, D.C.)

Marking Memory: Ruth Klüger, the Internment Tattoo, and Writing as Witness

Cynthia D. Porter (Columbus)

From Survivor to Post-Survivor Era: Intergenerational Testimony, Private Archives, and the Future of Holocaust Studies

Hannah Wilson (Manchester)

The Global Turn and Prospective Holocaust Studies: Transcending Current Interpretative Limits

Doron Avraham (Ramat Gan)

3 pm

Taking Stock: Where Are We Now? Where Do We Go from Here?

Chair: Stefanie Schüler-Springorum (Berlin)

Discussants: Stefanie Fischer (Berlin), Thomas Pegelow Kaplan (Boulder), Sharon Kangisser Cohen (Jerusalem), and Betsy Anthony (Washington, D.C.)

ASSESSING THE STATE OF HOLOCAUST STUDIES IN THE MID-2020s

Conference

Pierre Boulez Saal - Mozart Auditorium

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